A new recording system has revealed that far greater numbers of prison officers are injured by inmates than was previously reflected in official statistics.

51 officers in Dublin have been attacked.

Fianna Fail party leader, Micheál Martin, has accused An Post of making a strategic mistake following their decision to close the Little Island Mail Centre in Co Cork with the loss of 216 jobs.

Other sorting centres to remain open as An Post cites €11m saving

The deputy general secretary of the Mandate trade union, Gerry Light, says that landlords need to face the reality between disproportionate rents and actual sales.

New figures from the Irish Prison Service (IPS) have revealed the most dangerous prison in the country for prisoners - and prison staff.

GRA General Secretary Pat Ennis said the appointment of a civilian to the organisation was "an historic moment".

Overcrowding in prisons is leading to intimidation and violence, according to the Prison Officers Association.

The minister for defence and his officials are being asked why they did not check — while visiting the UN General Assembly last week — that the exit paperwork for 130 Irish troops currently stranded in the Middle East was properly completed.

Like it or loathe it, this is the moment when the away goals rule comes into play in the Champions League. It could play an important role in determining which sides go through to the quarter-finals, both this week and next.

Assaults on prison officers by inmates have increased over the last three years – but representatives claim the figures still do not capture the full scale of violence.

A substantial number of people, especially women, in the private sector have no occupational pension and are “staring at poverty in old age”, the annual conference of the country’s second biggest union, Fórsa, heard this morning.

A fully taxpayer-funded third-level system should be urgently decided on by the Government, thousands of students insisted at a national protest.

One of the country’s largest unions has voted to accept the new public service pay deal, but has warned that it expects discussions aimed at ending the two-tier pay scales currently imposed upon its members.

National school teachers have rejected the government's public service pay deal with a vast majority.

Third-level institutions risk funding penalties in the coming years for failing to address gender inequality.

The HSE’s recruitment suspension at a time when hospitals are already suffering a manpower crisis will make it impossible to deliver safe care, unions have warned.

The commitment of NUI Galway to implement significant changes to address gender inequality in its senior academic ranks has been welcomed.

Students from poorer backgrounds will suffer if the Government follows through on its commitment to merge institutes of technology.

Industrial action will not get a single patient off a trolley, said Health Minister Leo Varadkar yesterday.

Prison bosses are considering the roll-out of weapons amnesties following the success of an amnesty in Dublin’s Wheatfield Prison.

Government and Garda bosses face the prospect of losing up to 380,000 policing hours from January 1.

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will not prosecute the Naval Service after some of its personnel were exposed to asbestos during maintenance work onboard ships last year.

Middle-ranking gardaí have demanded the Government prioritise policing resources in the upcoming budget following an increase in crime, particularly in rural areas.

An INMO senior executive has warned that the HSE’s new nursing recruitment drive could face problems if a staffing crisis and backlog of applications can’t be cleared.

A prisoner who is so disruptive prison officers have to wear riot gear to deal with him has been given a PlayStation and a fish tank in a bid to pacify him, a prison officers’ conference has heard.

Gardaí want to be issued with tasers to subdue religious extremists because the likelihood is ordinary units will have to deal with them first before armed backup arrives.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald faces the prospect of potential industrial action by prison officers just hours after she meets officials from the Prison Officers’ Association tomorrow morning.

Members of the Defence Forces who were due to lose their jobs as part of a plan to lower the military’s age profile have won a reprieve.

NUI Galway has suspended the use of a pre-employment health screening questionnaire after it was heavily criticised for querying women about their menstrual cycle.

The body representing the country’s prison officers has expressed its disappointment at the Irish Prison Service’s decision to conduct an internal report into Derek Brockwell’s escape from Tallaght Hospital.

Measures to improve women’s representation at senior academic levels are pointless unless promotion procedures are transparent, says an activist who won a recent high-profile case.

A prisoner has escaped from Tallaght hospital after stabbing two prison officers.

Members of the public are being asked to join with nurses for tomorrows lunchtime protest outside the Dáil.

Prison officers are set to conduct a second day of industrial action today at the country’s only dedicated remand prison in a dispute over health and safety.

Support measures must be put in place to help hundreds of soldiers, sailors and airmen who are set to be dismissed from the Defence Forces.

Assaults on prison officers increased by 50% last year — and almost one-third of them occurred in a young offenders institution.

Ireland?s 13,000 garda? are entitled to be part of national pay talks and to strike, doing away with the need for bouts of "blue-flu".

Gardaí are angry they are being treated the same as pen-pushing civil servants under new legislation which will lead to sick pay entitlements being cut.

The Garda Representative Association says up to 1,000 officers are being assaulted every year.

Social Protection Minister Joan Burton says her department is making every effort to protect welfare staff following recent attacks and abuse in dole centres.

GARDAÍ were alerted to attacks, abuse, and threats against Department of Social Protection staff and clients in almost half of serious incidents recorded by employees over the last two years.